palette
- Museum number
- EA67650
- Description
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Mudstone palette in the form of a hiipopotamus, with tail raised. Ears indicated at edge of palette; eye by a drilled hole. Single perforation in the middle at the top.
- Dimensions
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Height: 9.80 centimetres
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Weight: 0.26 kilograms
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Thickness: 0.80 centimetres
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Width: 18.40 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G64/dc3)
- Exhibition history
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2012, Apr-Aug. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art of Early Egypt.
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1881
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA67650
- Registration number
- .67650
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 1318 (Christy catalogue)
